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Analytical Courses

Students take twelve credits of course work to strengthen their analytical skills in economics, policy analysis, research methods, and management. These courses must be completed by the end of the third semester so that students are fully prepared for the capstone project in their final semester. The economics requirement must be fulfilled during the first semester.

1. An economics course:
   
   • Econ 250: Survey of Economic Development (for students with little economics background)
     Econ 295: Economics for Development (for students with a more substantial background in economics)
2. A policy analysis course selected from the following:
   
   

   EDUC 203: Policy Issues in International Education: Developing Countries
   EMSE 220: Policy Factors in Environmental and Energy Management
   MBAD 260: Business and Public Policy
   PPOL 204/ECON 221: Economics in Policy Analysis *
   PPOL 208: Public Policy, Governance, and the Global Market System
   PSC 203: Approaches to Public Policy Analysis
   PSC 229: Politics and Public Policy
   PAD 206/PPOL 203: Policy Analysis *
   PAD 266: Environmental Policy *
   PUBH 281: Introduction: Health Policy Analysis (3 credits)
   PUBH 325: Global Health Policy and Analysis (3 credits)
   WSTU 240: Women and Public Policy

   ^*Non-PAD/PPOL students can register only after early registration by submitting a registration form to the SPPPA office on a first-come first-served basis.

3. A methods course selected from the following:
   
   
   ANTH 223: Research Methods in Development Anthropology
   ECON 291/GEOG 291/STAT 291: Methods of Demographic Analysis
   EDUC 212: Quantitative Methods I: Introduction to Measurement and Data Analysis
   EDUC 295: Quantitative Methods II: Research Design and Data Analysis
   IAFF 238: Qualitative Research Methods
   IAFF 238: Survey Research Methods
   PAD 202: Research Methods and Applied Statistics
   PUBH 203: Principles and Practice of Epidemiology (3 credits)
   PUBH 330: Qualitative Analysis of Global Health Policies and Programs (2 credits)
   PUBH 331: Quantitative Analysis and Evaluation of Global Health Programs (2 credits)
   SOC 230: Sociological Research Methods
   SOC 232: Qualitative Methodology: Doing Field Research
   SOC 240: Field Research in Organizational Settings
   
4. A management course selected from the following:
   
   
   EDUC 204: Designing and Managing International Education Development Projects
   EDUC 281: Program Evaluation: Theory and Practice
   EMSE 221: Environmental Management
   EMSE 238: International Disaster Management
   EMSE 239: Medical and Public Health Emergency Management
   IBUS 269: Managing in Developing countries
   MGT 231: Project Management
   PAD 218: International Development NGO Management *
   PAD 219: International Development Management Processes and Tools *
   PAD 232: Managing Fund Raising and Philanthropy
   PAD 264: Public and Non-Profit Program Evaluation **
   PUBH 208: Management Approaches to Public Management (3 credits)
   PUBH 328: Global Health Program Development and Implementation (2 credits)
   SMPP 210: Strategic Environmental Management

   ^*This course is limited to IDS students and PAD/PPOL students during early registration, and open to all others on the basis of availability after early registration.

   ^**Requires PAD 202 or equivalent statistics and research methods course as a prerequisite.

Updated: 06.25.08